“Each person in Britain has far more impact on the environment than those in developing countries so cutting our population is one way to reduce that impact.”

Population growth is one of the most politically sensitive environmental problems. The issues it raises, including religion, culture and immigration policy, have proved too toxic for most green groups.

The article is right: it is a toxic issue. Even the New Atheists don’t like it. Who knows, they might not “make the cut” when the ukase goes out to make it a reality. But no issue pits their idea of doing things “scientifically” against their claim that atheism can be “ethical.”